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Jimmy Mark Nilsson

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Group Director, IT Sourcing and procurement - supplier relation at Salling Group
📍 Greater Aarhus Area, Denmark

Jimmy Mark Nilsson is the Group Director of IT Sourcing and Procurement at Salling Group. With extensive experience from BESTSELLER and TDC Group, he specializes in establishing and operating category management and strategic sourcing functions. He holds a Diploma in Business Administration from Aarhus University and focuses on creating happy, integrated stakeholders.

His core belief is that sourcing and procurement teams must be deeply embedded within the business, not acting as a separate corporate function. He has a proven track record of building these departments from the ground up.

He has unique expertise in transforming traditional sourcing and procurement processes to support modern, agile IT organizations.

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Experience
27 Years
Current Role
Group Director, IT Sourcing and procurement - supplier relation
Job Level
Mid-senior
Location
Greater Aarhus Area, Denmark
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Agile Procurement
He has direct experience adapting traditional sourcing methods to support agile IT development, a key challenge in modern procurement.
IT Sourcing Strategy
Focuses on defining, writing, and executing IT sourcing strategies, having established dedicated departments for this at multiple large companies.
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Career

Work history

5-2020
Group Director, IT Sourcing and procurement - supplier relation
Salling Group
8-2018 - 5-2020
Head of indirect sourcing and procurement
BESTSELLER
6-2016 - 8-2018
IT strategic sourcing, procurement and licens management
BESTSELLER
2-2014 - 6-2016
IT Sourcing
BESTSELLER
4-2004 - 1-2014
Head of different sourcing departments, Strategic procurement manager and category manager
TDC Group
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Education
1998 - 2003
HD (Diploma in business adminstration)
Aarhus University
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